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They did indeed claim that. IMO that claim was without merit. It's supposed to be a thread p oops. Looks all wrong as quote, but practice makes perfect. What I wanted to say, about Blagdon, is that if they were wrong in their boast, then where does that leave my garden project electrical...

Hi mattylad. I know just what you mean, of course, and I agree so long as we are talking about DIY. I mean that I would trust myself to re-wire a house, after a few months' study preparation for the project, but I would not trust myself to do anything more technically ambitious, partly because...

Hi AndyPRK. Thanks for that. The name of the firm was/is Blagdon, and they did boast that a pug and socket system with an RCD it was compliant with regulations.

Hi ericmark. I hope I'm answering these posts in the right order.I'm not sure, so that's why I always start with the contributor's name It's Blagdon I had in mind when I referred to bypassing the regulations, which is what they claim. or claimed, to be able to do.It's their plug/socket system I...

Hi oldbutnotdead. Yes, I may do that, just to be on the safe side. On the other hand, I've no reason to think there's a problem about emergency circuit breakers, though I take the point from earlier in the thread about known and unknown unknowns. I have to prioritise what I do think may be a...

Hi Tailortwocities. I'm sure you are right about that, and lots of garden accidents are electrical in one way or another, especially if ponds are involved . Thanks again.

Hi EFLImpudence. Thanks for that. I'll definitely get an electrician in to look at the garden electrics. I can always pay him or her in plants. Why are there no female electricians, I wonder. Anyway, that's neither here nor there. Thanks for copying in the part P document. Is it really that...

Hi ericmark. Again I agree with what you say, about knowing one's limitations. It's a matter of degree, of course, because even an experienced electrician can overlook some risk factors, as you pointed out.. But I do go to a lot of trouble to study the project beforehand, and I do try to make up...

Hi ban-all-sheds. You are right about the difficulty of knowing one's limitations. What if some risk is incurred that I know nothing about? In fairness, it's more that I do know something about it but not enough to be able to ask the right questions. I know about the risk of overloading a...

Hi, Since we moved in to this bungalow four years ago, I've done the following electrical work: 1/ Ran armoured cable from house socket with RCD up garden to shed via two weatherproof boxes containing outdoor power sockets, and with a socket and lights in the shed itself. 2/ Installed several...

Hello again. Thanks very much for that. This is what I understand from the diagram. I remove the two black wires from the black pull switch ( they are screw fitted, by the way) and I tie them out of the way, because they won't be used. I replace them with two short wires ( properly colour...

Hi. Here are the photos. Hope it helps. Thanks again. Laurence

OK, thanks. Will take it apart now and upload photos.

Hi. Thanks for going to all this trouble. Is it a photo of the terminal block circuit board that you want? Or should I disassemble the fan to expose the internal wring? Thanks again. Cheers, Laurence

Hi. Thanks very much for that. I'll do it the way you said, or try to. Not sure what's involved, though. Unless you mean that at the terminal block in the fan I should connect a very short piece of wire between the L and the SL terminals. That is, one end of the wire would be in the same...

Hi everyone. I've just replaced a wall extractor fan which was operated from the light switch and had a run-on timer. It was a simple replacement, the new fan being a Vent Axia Quadro with run-on timer. The one relevant difference is that the Vent Axia has an integral pull switch. According to...

Hi Noseall, The bonding agent helps the jointing mix to set hard and to last for a long time without cracking or loosening. The problem is that if the SBR is added to the water part of the mix, the mix goes off very quickly. But if the SBR is mixed with cement into a paste, which is then painted...

Hi everyone, I'm using SBR/cement paste in joints between the slabs of a new patio. I paint it in and then fill the joint with 3:1 mortar. But by the time I've done a few slabs the paste has gone hard in the joints still to be done. I fill them anyway and hope for the best. Sometimes I don't...

Thanks cAtLeYx. Yes, I wondered about doing it in sections if I use rebars. Thanks again

Thanks, bernardgreen. I hadn't thought of curving it.